The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Reviews
It's one of the happiest of the season's comedies and as appropriate to August relaxation as a mint julep and a porch swing.
Full Review | Oct 21, 2020
Surprisingly, this Cary Grant-Shirley Temple farce won the original screenplay Oscar in a year in which the other nominees included Body and Soul, A Double Life, Monsieur Verdoux and Shoeshine.
Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jul 15, 2009
It's a film that only could have been made in a more innocent time.
Full Review | Original Score: C | Feb 16, 2005
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 11, 2004
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 19, 2004
Anachronstic -- if sexist -- fun.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 23, 2003
Terrific star comedy.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 13, 2003
Sparkling romantic comedy.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 20, 2003
Cary Grant seems stymied in this claustrophobic, essentially misogynistic material, and director Irving Reis isn't the man to pull him out.
Full Review | Jan 1, 2000